UP public toilets bear brunt of saffron brigade

In a blatant act of vandalism, activists of Hindu organisations, razed to the ground public toilets adjacent to an ancient temple in Saharanpur district on Wednesday after videos of people urinating on the temple wall went viral.

On Sunday, activists of Hindu outfits Bajrang Dal and All-India Hindu Mahasabha had given a two-day ultimatum to Nagar Nigam for the removal of the public toilets at UPSRTC bus station, adjacent to the boundary wall of an ancient temple.

Agitated over Nagar Nigam not paying any heed to their warning, about two dozen slogan-shouting Bajrang Dal and Mahasabha activists reached the Bus Station on Wednesday afternoon and razed the ladies and gents ground.

“Toilets were constructed adjacent to the wall of an ancient temple. Many videos of people urinating on the temple wall are on social media. We had asked Nagar Nigam to remove these toilets as they were hurting our religious sentiment. When they did not pay any attention, we brought down the toilets on our own,” said Rishi Kamboj, an activist.

Police were informed about their act of destroying government property in time but, as usual, it reached late.

Nagar Nigam officials, however, refuted their claims. “Toilets were there for the past 40 years at the bus station. They were repaired recently. The boundary wall of the temple is about three feet away from the toilets. No one objected all these years,” rued Vimla, Nigam Supervisor of the area. toilets to the